An artist has actually erected a statue of a Black Lives Matter protester in place of a toppled servant trader in the British city of Bristol.
Bottom line:
- Jen Reid became part of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Bristol
- Protesters fell a statue of a 17 th century slave trader and threw it in the harbour
- A London-based artists created the statue if Ms Reid to fill the uninhabited spot
Marc Quinn created the life-size resin and steel similarity of Jen Reid, a protester photographed standing on the plinth after demonstrators pulled down the statue of Edward Colston and dumped it in the harbour in the city of Bristol.
The statue which is entitled ‘A Rise of Power (Jen Rei